Has anybody noticed that Malden Manor & Tolworth Stations are both being
lengthened?

I dont know if the same is happening at Chessington (N & S) but it could
be interesting when they try to do Motspur Park.

On 24 Feb, 01:12, Tony Dragon wrote:
Has anybody noticed that Malden Manor & Tolworth Stations are both being
lengthened?

I dont know if the same is happening at Chessington (N & S) but it could
be interesting when they try to do Motspur Park.

A case for utilizing SDO perhaps? Back in the 1970s I stayed there
for several months. The station was not especially busy. In those
days it had a rustic feel, being almost in some folks back yards.

Chessington South could be a problem as its in a cutting. On a totally non-railway issue after looking at he station on Google Earth, can anyone tell me why there's a very wide roadbridge to the east of Tolworth station, that only acts as a access road to Knollmead Primary School? I used to visit the school occasionally when I worked for the education authority twenty years ago, but never noticed it before.

Neill

On 24/02/2013 15:28, wrote:
Chessington South could be a problem as its in a cutting. On a totally non-railway issue after looking at he station on Google Earth, can anyone tell me why there's a very wide roadbridge to the east of Tolworth station, that only acts as a access road to Knollmead Primary School? I used to visit the school occasionally when I worked for the education authority twenty years ago, but never noticed it before.

Neill

It looks from the map is if that road used to go though to Kingston Road
(A240) or at least was designed to do so, perhaps for future housing
developments. The width of the bridge is generous, but is consistent
with the rest of Knollmead (the road), laid out with grass verges at a
time when land was cheap, I guess.
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Richard J.
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On 2013-02-24, wrote:
Chessington South could be a problem as its in a cutting. On a totally
non-railway issue after looking at he station on Google Earth, can
anyone tell me why there's a very wide roadbridge to the east of Tolworth
station, that only acts as a access road to Knollmead Primary School? I
used to visit the school occasionally when I worked for the education
authority twenty years ago, but never noticed it before.

Several nearby streets are also very wide with most of the width
currently grassed, just like the bridge. I suspect there is some sort
of town-planning story to be told.

Eric
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wrote in
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Chessington South could be a problem as its in a cutting. On a totally
non-railway issue after looking at he station on Google Earth, can
anyone tell me why there's a very wide roadbridge to the east of
Tolworth station, that only acts as a access road to Knollmead Primary
School? I used to visit the school occasionally when I worked for the
education authority twenty years ago, but never noticed it before.

I don't know, but I wonder if there was once a plan to extend Jubilee Way
east from where it crosses the A240? The bridge looks contemporary with
the railway, and maybe the plan then was to extend the road through what is
now the Knollmead estate to join the A3, before the Tolworth underpass was
built.

Peter

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On Monday, February 25, 2013 2:40:18 PM UTC, Peter CS wrote:
wrote in

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Chessington South could be a problem as its in a cutting. On a totally

non-railway issue after looking at he station on Google Earth, can

anyone tell me why there's a very wide roadbridge to the east of

Tolworth station, that only acts as a access road to Knollmead Primary

School? I used to visit the school occasionally when I worked for the

education authority twenty years ago, but never noticed it before.



I don't know, but I wonder if there was once a plan to extend Jubilee Way

east from where it crosses the A240? The bridge looks contemporary with

the railway, and maybe the plan then was to extend the road through what is

now the Knollmead estate to join the A3, before the Tolworth underpass was

built.



Peter



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I've looked into this a bit now. The Sunray Estate was built between 1930 and 40, around the same time as the Chessington Branch was constructed. (Keeping in on a railway topic). The bridge was built at the same time, as its visible on the 1945 rollback on Google Earth. It looks like it would have met up with what is now the access road to the garden centre at the junction of the A240 and Jubilee Way. I would think WW2 put an end to further development. Strangely in the 1945 photo the road ends roughly at where the school gates are, maybe when the school was built postwar, the idea was still about and they added a bit of road to suit.
Access from the Sunray Estate has always been a bit of a problem, building the road would have eased that. If you look at the Warren Drives, N & S, where they meet the A3, it looks like something should have been built there to provide access from the Estates. You have to remember the A3 was essentially as is when the war broke out, minus the underpasses and flyovers that came later. The A240 toward Stoneleigh as also in much the same configuration as now, having been widened when the housing estate were built in the inter-war period.

Neill

On Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:39:22 -0800 (PST) wrote :
nd 40, around the same time as the Chessington Branch was constructed.
(Keeping in on a railway topic). The bridge was built at the same time,
as its visible on the 1945 rollback on Google Earth. It looks like it
would have met up with what is now the access road to the garden centre
at the junction of the A240 and Jubilee Way. I would think WW2 put an
end to further development. Strangely in the 1945 photo the road ends
roughly at where the school gates are, maybe when the school was built
postwar, the idea was still about and they added a bit of road to suit.

I left RBK in 1984 so my memory on this is failing but between the wars
there was a planned road from (IIRC) Chessington to Carshalton and parts
of it were built - Sheephouse Way and the very wide bit of South Lane
joining Malden Road, then on to what is now labelled as Risborough Green
on http://goo.gl/maps/xoty8 and Green Lane, Worcester Park and then it
would have run through to Morden and beyond. The route was subject to
safeguarding until c.1980 when various parts were sold off for development
- I remember one in Chessington (Cox Lane?). It's why you get bits of dual
carriageway or very wide roads in places where you would not expect them.

--
Tony Bryer

On Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:12:00 AM UTC, Tony Dragon wrote:
Has anybody noticed that Malden Manor & Tolworth Stations are both being

lengthened?



I dont know if the same is happening at Chessington (N & S) but it could

be interesting when they try to do Motspur Park.

I am still waiting to see how they extend Feltham station. They seem to have extended all the other station platforms from Waterloo, but stopped at Feltham.
John

On Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:47:02 PM UTC, wrote:
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:12:00 AM UTC, Tony Dragon wrote:

Has anybody noticed that Malden Manor & Tolworth Stations are both being



lengthened?







I dont know if the same is happening at Chessington (N & S) but it could



be interesting when they try to do Motspur Park.



I am still waiting to see how they extend Feltham station. They seem to have extended all the other station platforms from Waterloo, but stopped at Feltham.

John

Feltham isn't being extended (level crossing immediately to the west, road bridge to the east) - SDO will need to be used.
~cj